Salinas fast food restaurant robbed at gunpoint

The Jack-in-the-Box in the 900 block of North Main Street was robbed at gunpoint Thursday, according to the Salinas Police Department.

A man in his mid-30s wearing a long-sleeve shirt and a trash bag over his shirt walked into the restaurant at 6:41 p.m. holding a semi-automatic handgun, police said.

He began waving the gun in front of customers, jumped the counter and told employees to open the cash registers. He then started pointing the gun at employees' heads and put the gun in a person's mouth, police said.

The man then grabbed the money and put it in a duffel bag, jumped over the counter and robbed a customer, police said.

He left the restaurant, got on a bicycle and road south on North Main Street, witnesses told police.

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Salinas fast food restaurant robbed at gunpoint

The Jack-in-the-Box in the 900 block of North Main Street was robbed at gunpoint Thursday, according to the Salinas Police Department.